Top five exporters from TIDZ shipped €2.63 billion in 2025; Germany the main market

Companies operating inside North Macedonia's Technological–Industrial Development Zones (TIDZ) directed the bulk of their output to foreign markets in 2025, with Germany emerging as the single largest destination, according to the Directorate's annual report for 2025.

Concentration of exports in a few large firms

The report shows that total exports from the zones reached about €3.18 billion in 2025. Germany alone absorbed roughly €1.25 billion of those shipments, followed by the Czech Republic with about €387 million, Poland with €319 million, the United States with €214 million, and Romania with approximately €145 million.

In the Directorate's report it is stated: "Total exports of 1,288,264,804.05 products. In 24 countries. In a total value of 195,516,696,516.43 denars."

Five top exporters account for the lion's share of activity: together they exported around €2.63 billion — roughly 83 percent of the zones' reported product exports.

Leading the list is Johnson Matthey, based in TIDZ Skopje 1, with exports near €2.02 billion. The company manufactures catalysts and related products; its single largest market is Germany, where it exported goods valued at about €1.01 billion. Other notable markets for Johnson Matthey in 2025 were Poland (≈€305 million), the Czech Republic (≈€270 million), Portugal (≈€132 million) and Romania (≈€119 million).

Second-ranked is Van Hool Macedonia in TIDZ Skopje 2, which exported roughly €225 million. The company produces buses and in 2025 shipped primarily to three markets, with the United States and Belgium representing the largest shares.

Third is Magna Mirrors South East Europe in Struga, a supplier of components for the automotive industry, with exports of about €171.7 million. Its biggest single market was Germany (≈€62.3 million), while Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain were also important destinations.

Fourth placed Lear Corporation Macedonia (TIDZ Tetovo) exported around €117 million, sending the largest shares to the Netherlands (≈€63.2 million) and Slovakia (≈€52.6 million). Fifth was Adient Seating (TIDZ Shtip) with about €105.5 million in exports; Germany was its top market at roughly €68.5 million, and it also shipped to Hungary, Sweden, Romania and Slovakia.

Overall, the figures underline the strong integration of the zones' production with the European automotive sector: several of the largest companies are part of international auto supply chains and route a large portion of output to Germany, with other significant markets including the Czech Republic, Poland, the United States, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Romania.

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